Many insect parasitoids are highly specialized and thus develop on only one or a few related host species, yet some hosts are attacked by many different parasitoid species in nature. For this reason, they have been often used to examine the consequences of competitive interactions. Hosts represent limited resources for larval parasitoid development and thus one competitor usually excludes all o...

Background. "Fructus Mume or Dark Plum" (pilule form) has been used for many years in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and may be a valid treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Aim. One aspect toward efficacy validation is the evaluation of the blood glucose-lowering effect of Fructus Mume (FM) with T2DM patients in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Methods. This pilot study uses a...

To establish an RP-HPLC method for the determination of β-sitosterol content in Fructus Bruceae extract; and to observe its inhibitory effect on gastric cancer metastasis. β-sitosterol content in Fructus Bruceae extract was determined by RP-HPLC. Inhibitory effects of low-, mediumand high-dose extracts on the adhesion of human gastric cancer SGC-7910 cells to Fibronectin (FN) were detected by M...

The optimal conditions for preparation of total phenolic acids in Phyllanthus emblica, and to study their inhibitory effect on human hepatoma cells have been investigated. The conditions for extraction of phenolic acid constituents in Phyllanthus emblica were investigated, and single factor and orthogonal tests were performed on conditions such as extraction solvent, extraction temperature, ext...

Klebsiella pneumoniae is the predominant pathogen isolated from liver abscess of diabetic patients in Asian countries. With the spread of multiple-drug-resistant K. pneumoniae, there is an increasing need for the development of alternative bactericides and approaches to block the production of bacterial virulence factors. Capsular polysaccharide (CPS), especially from the K1 and K2 serotypes, i...